State police investigate 900 crashes in Pennsylvania during holiday

State police reported 225 injury and eight death-related crashed in Pennsylvania during the three-day Christmas holiday, according to a news release.

There were 900 crashes investigated by the bureau between Dec. 24 and 26. Of those crashes, 41 were alcohol-related, leading to two deaths, officials said.

Also, seven of the eight people who died in crashes were not wearing seat belts, the release states.

Troopers arrested 151 people for DUI and issued 983 speeding citations. State police said they also cited 193 people for not wearing seat belts and 23 people for not having their children in child safety seats.

In 2012, seven people were killed and 315 injured in 1,336 crashes investigated by state police in a four day span.

These statistics do not include crashes investigated by other municipal police.